Electoral wardE05013903
Wood Street ward, London Borough of Waltham Forest
Wood Street is one of 22 electoral wards of Waltham Forest London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 9,594 residents in 3,637 households — 13,492 people per km², the 19th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Walthamstow constituency.
Residents, 20219,594council ward average 12,656
Households3,6372.64 residents per household
Density13,492/ km²about 0.71 km² · London Borough of Waltham Forest 7,174
Aged 65+7.5%London Borough of Waltham Forest: 10.2% · under 16: 23.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–47.7% · 743
5–97.4% · 712
10–158.0% · 766
16–194.3% · 409
20–245.1% · 485
25–3418.2% · 1,746
35–4926.7% · 2,561
50–6415.1% · 1,452
65–744.5% · 431
75–842.2% · 210
85+0.8% · 77
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van47.4% · 1,724
1 car or van43.3% · 1,574
2 cars or vans7.9% · 286
3 or more1.5% · 53
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; London Borough of Waltham Forest overall: 48.9% owned, 21.5% social rented, 27.8% private rented.
Owned outright14.4% · 525
With mortgage29.7% · 1,079
Shared ownership1.8% · 65
Social rented29.5% · 1,073
Private rented24.3% · 884
Lives rent free0.3% · 12
Type of home
Detached house2.4% · 87
Semi-detached house9.2% · 333
Terraced house33.4% · 1,213
Purpose-built flat43.2% · 1,571
Converted house9.8% · 356
Other conversion0.5% · 19
Above shop / office1.6% · 57
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05013903- Constituency
- Walthamstow
- Region
- London
- Density rank in council
- 5 of 22
Other wards in the same constituency
CChapel End7.4% aged 65+ · 55.5% owned13,614HHale End & Highams Park South10.7% aged 65+ · 61.0% owned9,818HHigh Street6.8% aged 65+ · 39.1% owned11,564HHigham Hill7.5% aged 65+ · 39.6% owned14,312HHoe Street9.6% aged 65+ · 40.2% owned14,276LLarkswood14.6% aged 65+ · 58.8% owned13,536LLea Bridge8.5% aged 65+ · 45.9% owned15,523LLeyton8.3% aged 65+ · 35.7% owned13,114MMarkhouse9.3% aged 65+ · 43.9% owned9,274SSt James6.5% aged 65+ · 44.1% owned11,747UUpper Walthamstow10.2% aged 65+ · 55.5% owned8,195WWilliam Morris7.7% aged 65+ · 49.5% owned15,059
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.